Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-29


yernor OF the State. The institution
represents Just 20 much clear gain to
dtpcsitors who never before knew the
value OF such savings and who always
thought they were too poor TO save
at all.
Trinity College (Methodist) is just
now making to the front as never be-
fore. She has never till now success
fully tackled the problem of endow-
ment Bishop Key, of Georgia, has
for the last two months been appoint
ing and conducting mass-meetings in
the interest OF this fund and has in
spired North Carolina people with an
interest in il never felt before.
About one year ago Mr.. J. s. Carr.
OF Durham, wealthy, progressive, and
liberal, made donation OF $4,000.
Since that time the fund has grown
steadily and now foots up something
over $4,000.
Bishop Duncan, OF South Carolina,
is booked for canvass Of the State
for the balance OF the year, and his
well known facility Of speech and
weight of sorcible Christian culture is
Just sure to send on the enterprise to
speedy consummation.
Your correspondent when boy
knew DR.. =. Craven, the intellectual
genius and giant of Trinity. when. that
institution was college fedgling. He
has looked upon the old rocks and
foundation-logs of the free-school
cabin from which Trinity has since
sprung. At the annual conference
of 1856 Normal College had its name
changed to Trinity, and was adopted
ms q denominational institution. It's
growth from that date was significant.
During the years that followed with the
war the patronage was up in the hun
dreds. At one time (l857 or 1859 there
were 23S names enrolled. With the
collapse OF the Confederacy its fortune
was reversed. Just at the close
of the war exercises were suspend
ed for a year. to revive again
soon after. Through all the succeed
ing years, up to the death of the
lamented Craven, 1t had a life-and-
death-struggle, and nothing but the in
flexible devotion to principle of the few
heroic men who engineered its fortunes
kept it from death and oblivion. Five
years ago DIR. Craven passed away--a
martyr to the noble cause he had cham
pioned for forty years. But there
comes to us to-day savory JUNCTION
from his heroic life and his semi-tragic
death that is an inspiration to the
friends of the institution. They are
now doing what should have been done
thirty years ago. Trinity College has
matriculated one hundred and thirty
students this session; she has faculty
Of young men, intellectual and pro
gressive, and soon, very soon, she will
have a 100000 endowment fund.
The gas-works at this place now use
Chatham county On. O. coal. This is
an entirely new source Of supply. 1t
is only since the opening of the Cape
Fear and Yadkin-V Valley railroad that
these mines have become accessible,
yet, located as they are, only forty
miles from Greensboro The road taps
the coal-feld country and the supply is
abundant Colonel A. II. Leftwich. of
Lynchburg, manages the plant here,
and we have it on the authority of those
operating the works that in gas-pro
ducing capacity the Chatham coal is 30
per cent. superior to the East Tennes-
see article hitherto used. The North
Carolina coal began to be used last
April.
There was considerable frost in this
section on Sunday last, though little
damage to tobacco is reported. The
curing so far has been successful.
An accident of a serious nature befel
q couple of young ladies at Pleasant
Garden, q village eight miles east of
this city, on last Sunday afternoon.
Two sisters Misses Kenneth had driven
10 a country church in a buggy. On
their return their horse became fright
ened by another coming upin the rear
The buggy was overturned, both ladies
thrown ont, and one seriously hurt by
being thrown on a stump. The injury
is not supposed to be fatal.
Apropos of Trinity College, one OF
the students walked out of n thIrd-story
window, in somnambulistic fit, as sup
posed, on last Thursday night, break
ing both wrists aud knocking out few
teeth, but sustaining no other serions
injury. He picked himself up, re
turned to some friends on the second
floor, and told them OF his adventure.
They at once called doctor and had
him mended.